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Ministry of Labour & Employment
18.86 lakh new workers added under ESI Scheme in the month of November 2022
Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 5.24 lakhs in net membership in November 2022 as compared to November 2021
Around 22,000 new establishments registered under ESI Scheme in the month of November 2022
Benefits of ESI Scheme extended to 63 transgender employees in November 2022
The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme  provisional payroll data for the month of November 2022 was released today. As per the provisional payroll data, 18.86 lakh new employees have been added in the month of November, 2022.
Year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 5.24 lakhs in net membership in November, 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during the last year in 2021. As per data, around 21,953 new establishments have been registered in the month of November, 2022 under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation ensuring social security cover to their employees.
Of the total 18.86 lakh employees added during the month, the age group having higher registration was of 18-25 years with 8.78 lakh employees. It shows that the youth of the nation are getting good employment opportunities in the country.
Gender-wise analysis of payroll data indicates that enrolment of net female members has been 3.51 lakh in November, 2022. The data shows that a total 63 transgender employees have also got registered under ESI Scheme in the month of November. It shows that ESIC is committed to deliver its benefits to every section of the society.
The payroll data is provisional since the data generation is a continuous exercise
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra says, Three Lakh Life Certificate have been generated by using Face Authentication Technology from 1st October to 6th December 2022 for Central Government pensioners in comparison to 72,338 in previous year
India Post and Payment Bank  provides doorstep service for submission of life certificate of central Government pensioners
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today informed that around Three Lakh Life Certificate have been generated by using Face Authentication Technology from 1st October to 6th December 2022 for Central Government pensioners in comparison to 72,338 in previous year.
The Government has introduced Face Authentication Technology in November 2021 for the pensioners to submit a Life Certificate.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Dr Jitendra Singh said, all Central Government pensioners are required to submit life certificate. He, however added that Face Authentication is not mandatory and the pensioner can submit life certificate by other modes also.
The Minister said, India Post and Payment Bank  provides doorstep service for submission of life certificate of central Government pensioners. IPPB is utilizing its national network of more than 1,36,000 access points in Post Offices and more than 1,89,000 Postmen & Gramin Dak Sevaks with smart phones and biometric devices to provide Doorstep Banking Services.
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Ministry of Defence
India and Myanmar Sign Mou on Defence Co-Operation
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services of Myanmar is on an Official visit to India
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing , Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services  of the Republic of Union of Myanmar, is currently on an official visit to India from 25th July – 2nd August, 2019.
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik held talks with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services  of the Republic of Union of Myanmar. Both sides were accompanied by senior officials. The talks were aimed at enhancing defence co-operation, review joint exercises and training provided to Myanmar Defence Services, strengthen maritime security by joint surveillance and capacity building, medical co-operation, pollution response and for developing new infrastructure.
On conclusion of the talks, India and Myanmar signed a Memorandum of Understanding on defence co-operation.
Earlier, the visiting dignitary, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the Myanmar Defence Services, called on Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services  of the Republic of Union of Myanmar was accorded a Tri-Services Guard of Honour. He also paid homage at the National War Memorial.
Myanmar is a key pillar of India’s Act East Policy towards prioritising relations with its East Asian neighbours. India has steadily increased defence co-operation with Myanmar in recent years.
ABB/Nampi/Savvy
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Ministry of Defence
Defence Acquisition Council headed by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh accords approval for various arms and equipment worth Rs. 2,290 crore
The Defence Acquisition Council meeting held under the Chairmanship of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath today approved proposals for Capital acquisitions of various equipment required by the Indian Armed Forces at an approximate cost of Rs 2,290 crore. These include procurement from Domestic Industry as well as Foreign vendors.
Under the Buy Indian  category, the DAC approved procurement of Static HF Tans-receiver sets and Smart Anti Airfield Weapon . The HF radio sets will enable seamless communication for the field units of Army and Air Force and are being procured at an approx. cost of Rs. 540 crore. The Smart Anti Airfield Weapon being procured at an approx. cost of Rs. 970 crore will add to the fire power of Navy and Airforce.
Further, to equip the Frontline Troops of the Army the DAC also accorded approval for procurement of SIG SAUER Assault Rifles at a cost of approx. Rs.780 crore.
ABB/Nampi/Rajib
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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister's Virtual-Address at 6th Eastern Economic Forum 2021 in Vladivostok
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered a video-address during the plenary session of the 6th Eastern Economic Forum  held on 3 September 2021 in Vladivostok. It may be recalled that PM was the Chief Guest for the 5th EEF in 2019, the first by an Indian Prime Minister.
Applauding President Putin’s vision for the development of the Russian Far East, PM reiterated India’s commitment as part of its "Act East Policy’ of being a reliable partner of Russia in this regard. He underlined the natural complementarities of India and Russia in the development of Russian Far East.
PM stressed on the importance of greater economic and commercial engagement between the two sides in line with the ‘Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership’. He highlighted the importance of health and pharma sectors as important areas of cooperation that have emerged during the pandemic. He also referred to other potential areas of economic cooperation including diamond, coking coal, steel, timber etc.
Recalling the visit of Chief Ministers of Indian states to EEF-2019, PM extended an invitation to Governors of the 11 regions of Russian Far East to visit India.
Despite the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic, an Indian delegation led by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri comprising leading Indian oil and gas companies are attending the India-Russia Business dialogue within the framework of EEF. An online meeting between Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani and Governor of Sakha-Yakutia province of Russia was held on 2 September on the sidelines of EEF. Over 50 representatives from reputed Indian companies from various sectors will also be participating in online format.
Special Service and Features
INDIAN COAST GUARD ALL SET TO HANDLE SEVERE CYCLONE ‘ASANI’
Cyclogenesis indicates that the Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’ over West-Central and adjoining South-West Bay of Bengal moved West-North-Westwards. It is likely to re-curve North-North-Eastwards and move towards North West Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts.
The developing situation is being closely monitored by Indian Coast Guard. Safety advisory being issued by the Coast Guard to ships and oil handing agencies to initiate preventive measures. Two ships with helicopters have been deployed for responding to any contingency including rescue operations post landfall of Cyclone Asani.
Ships at anchorage have also been advised to take shelter and necessary safety measures. Port authorities, Oil rig operators, Shipping, fisheries authorities and fishermen associations have been informed about the likelihood of cyclone formation and a close liaison and coordination for safety of boats, vessels and fixed platforms is being maintained.
In addition, Coast Guard Disaster Relief Teams  with inflatable boats, life-buoys and lifejackets are standby for undertaking Disaster response operations. Medical teams & ambulances have also been kept standby for swift mobilisation.
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Ministry of Electronics & IT
Three Grievance Appellate Committees  Notified on the recently amended “IT Rules 2021”
Safety & Trust of Digital Nagriks and Accountability of Platforms to their Digital Nagriks are policy objectives for the Shri Narendra Modi Govt: MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Centre today established three Grievance Appellate Committees based on the recently amended Information Technology  Rules, 2021 . The notification to this effect has been published today. As per the notification, three Grievance Appellate Committees have been constituted with three members each. The details of the same are provided in the annexure.
The IT rules 2021 provide for creating avenues for grievance redressal apart from Courts and ensure that the Constitutional rights of Indian citizens are not contravened by any Big-tech Platform by ensuring new accountability standards for SSMIs.
During the extensive public consultations on the ITRules, the Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar had articulated the stand of the Government that - safety and trust of every Digital Nagrik, and robust grievance redressal system to ensure accountability of all Internet platforms offering a service or product, was an unambiguous goal and that all grievances must be 100% addressed.
The Grievance Appellate Committee  is a critical piece of overall policy and legal framework to ensure that Internet in India is Open, Safe & Trusted and Accountable. The need for GAC was created due to large numbers of grievances being left unaddressed or unsatisfactorily addressed by Internet Intermediaries. GAC is expected to create a culture of responsiveness amongst all Internet Platforms and Intermediaries towards their consumers. The GAC will be a virtual Digital platform that will operate only online and digitally - wherein the entire appeal process, from filing of appeal to the decision thereof, shall be conducted digitally.
The appeals can be made on https://www.gac.gov.in
Users will have the option to appeal against decision of the grievance officer of the social media intermediaries and other online intermediaries before this new appellate body. The Committee will endeavour to address the user’s appeal within a period of 30 days.
The Government had earlier interacted with major social media intermediaries. Keeping in view of the transition period required for the intermediaries as per their requests and technical requirement, the online platform will be operational in one month of this notification of the Grievance Appellate Committee, i.e. from 1st March 2023. Periodic reviews of GACs and reporting and disclosures of GAC orders will also be part of process.
Prime Minister's Office
Telephone conversation between PM and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
In a telephonic conversation today with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Prime Minister Modi conveyed greetings on Eid-ul-Fitr to the Government and people of the UAE.
The leaders expressed satisfaction about the effective cooperation between the two countries during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Prime Minister Modi thanked the Crown Prince for the support extended to Indian citizens in UAE.
PM conveyed his best wishes for the good health and well-being of the Crown Prince, the Royal Family and the people of the UAE.
Special Service and Features
Department of Posts organizing Philately Scholarship Scheme and Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign for students
Kochi , July 28,2022
Department of Posts is organizing Philately Scholarship Scheme " Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana" - Scholarship for promoting aptitude and research in stamps as a hobby and "Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign", 2022-2023 for students .
Students of Class VI to IX of recognized Schools having Philatelic Deposit Account and members of Philately Club can participate in the "Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana" competition. The selection process consists of two levels, that is ; Level I - Philately Written Quiz and Level II -Philately Project. The amount of Scholarship is Rs.6000/- per annum @ Rs.500/-per month for a selected candidate. Last date for receipt of application at the respective Postal Division is 31" July 2022.
The theme of the "Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign" is “Vision for India 2047" and the letter is to be written in English /Hindi/ Local Language. The letter should be addressed to the Chief Postmaster General, Kerala Circle, Trivandrum - 695 033. The competitions are open to all age groups in two categories - up to 18 years and above 18 years. The letter can be written on plain A-4 size paper with a word limit of not more than 1000 words or in an Inland Letter card with a word limit of not more than 500 words. Only handwritten letters will be accepted, not typed letters. The best entries in each category will be awarded Rs. 25,000/- at Circle Level and Rs.50,000/- at National Level. Period of campaign is from 01.07.2022-31.10.2022.
Students can open Philatelic Deposit Account with Department of Post and get every new commemorative stamp launched directly at doorstep. School Authorities can approach the Department of Posts to launch Philatelic Clubs in schools to promote Philately as a hobby among the students. In Philatelic Club the students will be taught how to prepare an exhibit based on a theme.
For further details on Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana/ Dhai Akhar Letter Writing Campaign/ Opening of Philatelic Clubs or Philatelic Deposit Account contact your nearest Post Office
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Valedictory Session of Assistant Secretaries: IAS Officers of 2016 batch make presentations to PM
As part of their Valedictory Session as Assistant Secretaries, IAS officers of the 2016 batch today made presentations before the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi.
8 selected presentations were made by the officers, on themes such as raising farm incomes, soil health cards, grievance redressal, citizen-centric services, power sector reform, tourist facilitation, e-auctions, and smart urban development solutions.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister noted that the Assistant Secretaries programme offers the junior-most and senior-most officers the opportunity to interact with each other. The Prime Minister encouraged the young officers to imbibe the best from the experiences that they would have had, during their attachment to various Ministries as part of this programme. He exhorted the young officers to keep in mind the expectations that people have from Government, and to do their best to fulfil those expectations, in whatever positions they serve in, during their career.
The Prime Minister encouraged the officers to develop a connect, with the people around them, and with the people they serve, in course of their duties. He said that developing a close rapport with people, is one of the keys to achieving success in their tasks and objectives.
The Prime Minister appreciated the presentations made by the young officers.
The MoS  Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Cabinet Secretary, Shri P. K. Sinha, the Additional Principal Secretary to PM, Dr P. K. Mishra, Secretary  Shri C. Chandramouli and other senior officers also attended the function.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Mahesh Navami
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Mahesh Navami.
"आप सभी को महेश नवमी की मंगलकामनाएं। यह पर्व हमें जन कल्याण के लिए प्रतिबद्ध होने की प्रेरणा देता है। देवों के देव महादेव और मां पार्वती से मेरी प्रार्थना है कि वे समस्त देशवासियों पर अपनी कृपा बनाए रखें।", the Prime Minister said.
PIB Headquarters
49th AGM of HUDCO
Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO addressed the shareholders at its 49th Annual General Meeting in New Delhi on 25th September, 2019 which was well attended by all the stakeholders who appreciated the financial performance of HUDCO in 2018-19.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves establishment of additional 6.5MMT Strategic Petroleum Reserves at Chandikhol in Odisha and at Padur, Karnataka
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approvedestablishment of additional 6.5 Million Metric Tonne  Strategic Petroleum Reserve  facilities at two locations, i.e. Chandikhol in Odisha and Padur in Karnataka, including construction of dedicated SPMs  for the two SPRs. The SPR facilities at Chandikhol and Padur will be underground rockcaverns and will have capacities of 4 MMT and 2.5 MMT respectively. Government had announced setting up of two additional SPRs during the budgetannouncement for 2017-18.
The in principle approval is to take up the project under PPP model to reduce budgetary support of Government of India. The terms and conditions of such participation, would be determined by M/oP&NG in consultation with Ministry of Finance after conducting road shows to elicit requirements of market, including prospective investors.
ISPRL has already constructed underground rock caverns for storage of 5.33MMT of crude oil at three locations, viz. Vishakhapatnam , Mangalore  and Padur . The total 5.33 MMT capacity under Phase-I of the SPR programme is currently estimated to supply approximately 10 days of India’s crude requirement according to the consumption data for FY2016-17. Cabinet’s approval for establishing additional 6.5 MMT Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities will provide an additional supply of about 12 days and is expected to augment India’s energy security.
The construction phase of the SPRs at Chandikhol and Padur is likely to generate significant direct & indirect employment opportunities in the states of Odisha and Karnataka.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
DG, BRO, Lt General Rajeev Chaudhry briefs Union Minister DrJitendra Singh about the various ongoing and proposed road and bridge projects in Jammu & Kashmir and North East.
The new Director General, Border Road Organisation , Lt General Rajeev Chaudhry today briefed Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr.Jitendra Singh about the various ongoing and proposed road and bridge projects in Jammu & Kashmir and North East. In his presentation, Gen Choudhary said that Jammu & Kashmir had witnessed unprecedented progress in road and bridge construction in the last 5 to 6 years and about a dozen BRO bridges have come up in the single Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda itself, the notable among which are Atal Setu at Basohli and Devika Bridge at Udhampur.
The proposed Chattergala tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir will connect district Kathua with district Dodaenroute the new Highway via Basohli-Bani through Chattergalla to touch Bhaderwah and Doda. This is going to be a historic landmark project providing all-weather alternate road connectivity between the two distant regions and reducing the travel time from Doda to Lakhanpur on the Punjab border to just around four hours.
It was going to be a 6.8 Km long tunnel for which the Feasibility Survey has already been conducted by BRO. The tunnel is likely to take about 4 years for completion after the execution work starts and its construction cost is around Rs. 3,000 crore. It is going to be a revolutionary game changer. This will not only generate revenue but also job generation.
Moreover, the all-weather road connectivity will bring ease of business, shorten the travel time and also provide a unique opportunity for places like Bani and Bhaderwah to emerge as tourist destinations of national repute.
Dr.Jitendra Singh said, the demand for the tunnel at Chattergalla had been pending for several years, but somehow not taken up by earlier governments because of their different priorities.
The other important BRO projects that came up during the review meeting included construction of roads and bridges in different hilly and difficult terrains of Jammu & Kashmir.
About the Northeast, Dr.Jitendra Singh received an update about BRO projects in different States, particularly about four road projects funded by the North Eastern Council  under the aegis of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region  in Mizoram and two BRO projects in Manipur.
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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Bharatmala Project
The Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-I was approved at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000 Crore. A total of 24,800 kms length of National Highways have been considered in Phase-I as well as 10,000 km residual road works under NHDP. Under this program, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has identified stretches for development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, about 800 km length of Expressways. No road project in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has been envisaged under Border and International Connectivity roads component of this programme. Total 17 nos. of road projects having an aggregate length of about 701.4 km have been approved under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I till March, 2019 in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Out of 17 nos. projects, 15 nos. of road projects having an aggregate length of about 631.7 km have been awarded till March, 2019 in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
However, under Border Roads and International Connectivity Roads component of Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I, 07 nos. of road projects with an aggregate length of about 1,042 kms and total cost as Rs. 4,916 crores  have been awarded till March, 2019 in entire country. Under Coastal Roads and Port Connectivity roads component of this programme, 05 nos. of road projects with total length of about 163 kms and total cost as Rs. 2,469 crores  have been awarded till March, 2019 in entire country. Progress of all the projects is monitored electronically for ensuring completion of projects as per schedule.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin J Gadkari in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.